durative

[doo r-uh-tiv, dyoo r-]

adjective Grammar.

noting or pertaining to a verb aspect expressing incomplete or continued action. Beat and walk are durative in contrast to strike and step.

Origin of durative

First recorded in 1885–90; durat(ion) + -ive

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Examples from the Web for durative

Historical Examples of durative

“Let him pray,” let him pray as a habit (present tense of durative action).
Studies in the Epistle of James
A. T. Robertson
The tense of the verb (present durative) implies that some of them had been doing precisely this thing.
Studies in the Epistle of James
A. T. Robertson
For the use of the durative passive forms see the entry under paga-un.
A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan
John U. Wolff
Durative forms: future and subjunctive magpaN-(→); past nagpaN-(→).
A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan
John U. Wolff

British Dictionary definitions for durative

durative

adjective

denoting an aspect of verbs that includes the imperfective and the progressive

noun

1. the durative aspect of a verb
2. a verb in this aspect

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